aqueduct (redirected from Aqueducts)

aqueduct /aq·ue·duct/ (ak´we-dukt?) any canal or passage.

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cerebral aqueduct  a narrow channel in the midbrain connecting the third and fourth ventricles.

cochlear aqueduct  a small canal that interconnects the scala tympani with the subarachnoid space.

aqueduct of Sylvius , ventricular aqueduct cerebral a.

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aq·ue·duct (kw-dkt)

n.

A channel or passage in a body part or an organ.

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aqueduct

canal or passage.

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cerebral aqueduct

a narrow channel in the midbrain connecting the third and fourth ventricles and containing cerebrospinal fluid. Called also aqueduct of Sylvius.

aqueduct of cochlea

a narrow canal that unites the perilymphatic space near the base of the cochlea with the subarachnoid space beneath the temporal bone. Called also perilymphatic duct.

aqueduct of Cotunnius

vestibular aqueduct.

aqueduct of Fallopius

the canal for the facial nerve in the temporal bone. Called also facial canal.

sylvian aqueduct, aqueduct of Sylvius

cerebral aqueduct. Called also ventricular aqueduct.

ventricular aqueduct

see cerebral aqueduct (above).

vestibular aqueduct

bony canal that opens onto the medial surface of the temporal bone and passes to the vestibule of the inner ear; houses the endolymphatic duct. Called also aqueduct of Cotunnius.